Parked on the side of

[phar2slo]

Of the Road 300 miles from home!

Weren't on the high country run this year to a town called Cromwell.

Went down to watch a jet boat marathon start on the lake and bugger me if I lost my throttle. Just snapped. Called the AA.

AA man turns up in 15mins yeap cable broke.

Finally got a tow sorted out to get bike back to home town. Monday or Tuesday. Yeah AA picking up the cost.

 

[Kevin frazier]

Did you swap return cable with pull cable and save the tow. Not that I would have thought of that, i would have definitely did what you did, bar!

 

[phar2slo]

Did you swap return cable with pull cable and save the tow.

Ahhh no I sorted out the tow and went to the pub for the past 3 hours. Oops my bad.

Got a mate coming through to Queenstown get a rental car and drive home Monday luckily I had taken that day off.

 

[phar2slo]

Heard from the shop today that I had missed diagnosed my broken cable.

Turns out that my throttle tube has broken. And no new ones in the country. Found a used one up north and is on its way to the shop now.

Waited 10 days for the throttle cable to arrive. Hopefully will get bike back before the weekend.

 

[TURBO200R4]

throttle tube ? never heard of that.

 

[phar2slo]

throttle tube ? never heard of that.

The technician hadn't heard of that happening before either. Must be all those times I had TWO.

OH well it is what it is.

 

[Bigjaype]

If you have heated grips, the plastic throttle tube becomes brittle from the heat and cracks. Happened to me when I was on a test ride on my Classic which resulted in brand new heated grips when I took delivery of the bike.